Packers UDFAs 2024 · PACKERSHOME

beast
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6 months ago

So far
OL – Donovan Jennings, USF
OT – Trente Jones, Michigan
DT – James Ester, Northern Illinois

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beast
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6 months ago

Green Bay Packers Undrafted Free Agents
OL – Donovan Jennings, USF
OT – Trente Jones, Michigan
DT – James Ester, Northern Illinois
DT – Rodney Matthews, Ohio
LS – Peter Bowden, Wisconsin

Some had Bowden as the 2nd best LS in the draft.

buckeyepackfan
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6 months ago

Originally Posted by: beast

Read where The Packers only have 7 spots remaining on the 90 man roster.
Good to see some competition for Orzak in camp.

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beast
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6 months ago

Potential Breaking News

The Packers might of just broken down and gave a player a non-signing bonus guarantee for the first time in decades

Russ Ball was supposedly dead set against these, but almost all the teams were going to them for UDFAs, there was 3 or less teams that were refusing to give them, and the Packers might of finally broke and finally given their first one.

https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2024/4/27/24143171/green-bay-packers-undrafted-free-agent-tracker-2024-signings-nfl-draft

Reported UDFA Signings
Donovan Jennings, OL, USF
Jennings is an interesting UDFA candidate. According to NFL reporter Aaron Wilson, the Packers signed him to $110,000 guaranteed with $10,000 of that coming in the form of a signing bonus. Per Wilson, that bonus is more than they gave to any undrafted free agent player in the 2023 class and they didn’t guarantee any salary to any undrafted free agent last year. Jennings’ big game on his resume was against Alabama last year, when the Bulls nearly upset the Crimson Tide. In that game, Jennings held Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Dallas Turner to virtually no wins as a pass-rusher. He also had a pre-draft visit with the Packers.

James Ester, DT, Northern Illinois
Trente Jones, OL, Michigan
Messiah Swinson, TE, Arizona State
Rodney Matthews, DL, Ohio
Peter Bowden, LS, Wisconsin

Reported Rookie Minicamp Tryout Invites
Alex McNulty, K, Buffalo
Don Callis, CB, Troy
Porter Wilson, P, Duke
Michael Bertoia, OL, UW-La Crosse

TheKanataThrilla
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6 months ago

Originally Posted by: beast

Not sure about anyone else, but I am excited about the Long Snapper. I was actually thinking that one of our flyer picks would be LS. Maybe draft a punter as well.

Mucky Tundra
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6 months ago

Not sure about anyone else, but I am excited about the Long Snapper. I was actually thinking that one of our flyer picks would be LS. Maybe draft a punter as well.

Originally Posted by: TheKanataThrilla

Before we used the two 6th rounders to move up I thought they might use one of the 7th rounders on a LS. Once they traded them I figured they'd settle for UDFAs.

I know some draft purists recoil at using draft picks on special team guys at K P and LS but I don't a problem with it when you're sitting on a stockpile of 6th and 7th rounders from trades and comp picks.

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beast
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6 months ago

Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra

I'm fine with the idea, but not before the 5th round and you better make sure they're freaking worth it...

Packers draft LS Bradley Hunter and then he was outplayed by another LS and the Packers stupidly stuck with Hunter because he was a draft pick...

The other LS went to the Buccaneers and won a Super Bowl and is still there playing. Where arguably a LS error against the 49ers cost us an NFC Championship game (in a different year)

Mucky Tundra
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6 months ago

Originally Posted by: beast

Oh absolutely. I wouldn't take a K P or LS before the 6th round and probably wouldn't unless I had extra picks from trades or compensation.

And yeah it's dumb to hold onto one simply because you drafted one. 6th and 7th rounders get the axe all the time. If you're drafting a specialist the mindset should be "We want the inside track on this guy and don't feel like wasting time in the UDFA market with him" and not "He's OUR guy."

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beast
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6 months ago

Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra

I felt like that was the worst thing Gute did, losing his patience, and trading up when (I assume) he didn't need to.... I mean maybe I'm wrong and he did need to, but I didn't think he did.

And the Monk one, they only traded up 5 picks in the late 5th...

We lost out on picks #190 and #219

#190 could of been my late draft crush DT Khristian Boyd, Northern Iowa

#219 could of been... Edge Javontae Jean-Baptiste, Notre Dame or Myles Cole, Texas Tech

Mucky Tundra
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6 months ago

#10

Originally Posted by: beast

I posted a tweet in the Evan Williams draft thread from Jim Nagy which if it's to be believed, Williams wasn't making it to GBs spot in the 4th.

“Nah. I like having the island. It’s pretty cool...not too many visitors”

"I’ve got it." -Aaron Rodgers

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